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Super funds shun Aussie managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... specialising in global equities products, this alone doesn't fully explain the dearth of local managers on the list. Platinum Asset Management, one of the biggest players in the international equity space within the Australian market, told Financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... and Woolworths its first quarter sales figures. Boral, Flight Centre, Tabcorp Holdings, Tatts Group, Perpetual, Tassal, Platinum Asset Management, Federation Centres and Specialty Fashion Group have annual general meetings. In Australia, the market on ...

Secrets of world's greatest investors revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... billionaire Carlos Slim and industry superstar George Soros. Australians on the list include the late Robert Maple-Brown, Platinum's Kerr Neilson, ex-pat CQS hedge fund legend Michael Hintze and Investors Mutual's Anton Tagliaferro. "When I was first ...

Platinum offers $15,000 financial planning scholarship

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Platinum Asset Management, together with the Neilson Foundation, has launched a new scholarship for financial planning undergraduates, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced. The scholarships will be offered through five Australian universities ...

Hyperion joins Packer in taking Magellan profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... unfavourable valuation," the update said. The Hyperion small cap portfolio still had a 5.23% stake in Australian fund manager Platinum Asset Management as at 31 July. Packer exited his 9% stake in Magellan yesterday. The gaming magnate held the company ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... RBA briefing. The RBA's Payments System board meeting is also scheduled. In equities news, Automotive Holdings Group, Platinum Asset Management and AVJennings are expected to post full year results, and Santos and APN News & Media are due to post their ...

Platinum reports stellar result

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
Listed investment company Platinum Capital saw its pre-tax net asset value (NAV) grow by 42.3% in the 12 months to 30 June 2013 while the Morgan Stanley Capital Index was up 30.5% over the same period. Total shareholder return measured in terms of company ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... release Average Weekly Time Earnings data for the six months to May. In equities news, Wesfarmers, the Goodman Group, Platinum Asset Management, AVJennings and Dexus Property Group are expected to post full year results, while AMP is slated to announce ...

FPA granting consumers inside access to funds management industry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... breakfast for planners and their clients at its inaugural FPA Professional Congress. The breakfast will be hosted by Platinum Asset Management chief investment officer Kerr Neilson. The FPA also invites financial planners to bring their existing or prospective ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... institutional investors have a tendency to negotiate aggressively on the amount they pay for fund managers' expertise, Platinum Asset Management chief investment officer Andrew Clifford said cutting fees does not automatically result in better outcomes ...